Combination bottle opener and can opener



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COMBINATION BOTTLE OPENER AND CAN OPENER Filed July 13, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 CLARENCEW BREWER INVENTOR.

Patented July 14, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION BOTTLE OPENER AND CAN OPENER g V I Clarence W. BrewerpDecatur, Ill 7 Application July 13, 1950, Serial No. 173,592

My present invention relates to a combined bottle opener and can opener adapted. to. be mounted upon a vertical surface with respect to the floor or the like. I r

It is an object of my invention to .provide a wall mounted holder for can opener blades and a bottle opener for household use, whereby the respective openers are always in ready position for use.

Another object is to provide a fore and aft aligned arrangement of can opener blades adapted to form a first relatively, large liquid pouring opening in a can and then a smaller air intake opening in the can.

Another object is to providev an attractive unit of durable and economic construction, which can be readily manufactured in mass production.

Other objects will appear from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my present invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the, same.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a, front elevation of the same.

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the same.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2 and showingthe device as adapted to use. blade members shownin Figs. 7 and 8.

Fig. '7 is a front elevational view ofthe first blade member for removinga bottle cap and also for gripping the peripheral bead on the end of the can, taken in the position shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a front elevational view of the second blade member for forming both the liquid pouring opening'and the air intake opening, taken in the position shown'in Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is an end view-of. a beer can after being pierced and shows the type of openings made by the device.

Fig. 10 is a'front elevation showing the retainer portion which holds the blade members in position. I

Fig. 11 is a rear elevation of the retainer portion shown in Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is a sectional view taken on the line |2--I2 of Fig. 10.

Fig. 13 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 6 but showing a different type of blade members.

Fig. 14 is a front elevational view of one blade member shown in Fig. 13.

Fig. 15 is a side elevational view in outline only, to show the first position of the beer can thus held to begin the piercing operation of the liquid pouring hole.

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Fig. 16 is a view similar to Fig. 15 but showin the canin the second position as when the liquid pouring hole is pierced.

Fig. 1'7 is a view similar to Figs. 15 and 16 and showing the can in the third position as when the air intake hole is pierced, after which the can is simply lowered for removal and use.

Referring to the drawings and first with particular reference to Figures 1, 2, 4, and 6, there is. illustrated a bracket [0 formed with a triangular base surface VII and an elongated hoodshaped body I2. Each corner of the base II is formed with notches l3 for receiving suitable fastening members, not shown, when the same is to be mounted on a wall or like vertical surface. An elongated longitudinal reinforcing rib I4 may be formed from the top of the hood body, which rib may extend to the concavo-convex free end of the body. I

The underside of the body 12 is formed medially with longitudinally spaced fore and aft rearwardly slanting supporting surfaces l5 and [6 respectively. Can cutting or punching members I I and I8 are clamped onto these supporting surfaces by a compound clamp member I 9, see Figs. 10, 11 and 12. This clamp member [9 includes similar rearwardly slanting fore and aft surfaces 20 and 2| to the longitudinally spaced fore and aft supporting surfaces [5 and 16 of the body 12.

Each of the fore and aft surfaces l5-I6 are pro-- vided with threaded holes for the screws 22 and 23, respectively, while the fore and aft surfaces 20 and 2| are provided with smooth through holes to slip said screws 22 and 23, see Fig. 6.

The slanting fore and aft surfaces 26 and are spaced apart by a slot 24. At the rear of the slot 24 is a depending curved lip 25 which serves as a backing or brace for the liquid pouring hole punch or cutter portion 26of the blade member The cutter portion 26 as shown in Fig, 6 is formed integrally with the cutter portion 21 which punches the air intake hole, each of which cutters form the legs of an inverted U-shaped structure I8 held clamped upon the aft supporting surf-ace [6 by clamping surface 2| and screw 23 threaded into the aligned threaded and smooth holes of the'said respective surfaces.

Clamped by the surface 20 and screw 22 upon the fore or first supporting surface 15 is a compound implement l'! of flat metal blade 28. This implement comprises a hooked end 29 housed in the concave free end of the body l2 serving as a bottle opener and a tip 30 slightly curved to conform to the peripheral bead 32 of a can to be.

opened, see Fig. 14. This tip 30 thus serves as a fulcrum point for the can as it is radially moved into progressive contact with the fore and aft can opening members 26 and 21. The can is guided into initial position by an arcuate yoke 3| formed from the clamp member l9. As shown in Fig. 9 the lower part of the end of a can will be punctured first by cutter or punch 28 to form a hole 26 for liquid pouring and second by cutter or punch 21 to form a somewhat smaller air intake hole 21 The compound structure of the blade member 28 with the hooked end 29 of the implement I1 cooperates with the head of bolt 22 to open a bottle 33. The bottle 33 is illustrated with the usual crimped cap 34 in Fig. 13 by dotted lines. Although this figure shows the opener punch blade 26 formed integrally with the blade 28 instead of separate therefrom as shown in Fig. 6, the bottle opening maneuvers are the same. For example; the edge of the hooked blade end 29 grips under the edge of the bottle cap 34 and as the bottle is angularly moved the top of the cap presses against the top of the head of screw 22. This provides a lever action adapted to quickly remove the bottle cap, and the bolt head dents the cap inwardly, thereby to loosen the cap by letting in air around the edge as the lever action progresses.

As just stated in the above paragraph the modification illustrated in Fig. 13 includes all the same elements of the. first modification in Fig. 6, except that blade 26 is cut off of the inverted U-shaped structure of the member 18 and combined with the blade member l1. Accordingly, the same numerals are applicable to both forms.

Without further description, the operation and use of the novel device is believed to be understandable so as to permit others to readily practice the invention. For example, Figs. 15, 16 and 17 clearly illustrate the progressive action of the fore and aft cutting blades 26 and 21 of the member [8 upon a can being opened. The arcuate yoke 3| serves to initially center the can with respect to the blades.

Then in Fig. 13 the application of the bottle opener arrangement is clearly illustrated.

While I have illustrated and described two particular embodiments of my invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the principles thereof may be utilized. in other embodiments. I, therefore, donot'intend the present invention to be limited to the particular embodiments disclosed. Reference should be had to the appended claims to determine the scope supporting surfaces and can punching means clamped to each of said surfaces, one of said punching means including a hooked end engageable under the outer bead at the top of a can to be opened to serve as a fulcrum point from which the can may be radially moved into progressive engagement with each of the can punching means.

2. A can opener substantially as herein described, comprising a bracket having a base for attachment to a wall or the like, said bracket having a body formed with the base, under part of said body being proportioned and shaped at intervals longitudinally from the free end thereof with fore and aft rearwardly slanting supporting surfaces, can punching means clamped to each of said surfaces, one of said punching means including a hooked end engageable under the peripheral bead at the end of a can to be opened to serve as a fulcrum point from which the can may be radially moved into progressive engagement with. each of the can punching means, a compound clamp member having similar rearwardly slanting fore and aft surfaces to said aligned supporting surfaces, the under part of said free end. of the body being formed with a first concave recess ahead of the leading supporting' surface of the body, and a second recess ahead of the following supporting surface, said slanting surfaces of the clamp member and said supporting surfaces of the body being formed with smooth? and threaded. holes respectively, and screws for securingthe two fore and two aft slanting surfaces together for clamping and punching means in their respective fore and aft positions to the'underside of thebody.

3. A can opener comprising a bracket having a base for attachment to a wall or the like, said bracket having a body formed with the base, the under part of said body being proportioned and shaped at intervals longitudinally from the free end thereof with fore and aft rearwardly slanting supporting surfacesand' can punching means clamped to each of said surfaces, one of said punching meansincluding a hooked end engageable under the peripheral bead at the end of a can to be-opened to serve as a fulcrum point from which the can may be radially moved into progressive engagement with each of the can punching means, and an arcuate yoke adapted to center a can to be opened with respect to the can punching means.

CLARENCE W. BREWER.

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